biền ngẫu

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from and .

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˨˩ ŋəw˦ˀ˥]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˩ ŋəw˧˨]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˨˩ ŋəw˨˩˦]

    Adjective

    biền ngẫu

    1. pianwen; a rhythmical prose style characterized by parallelism and ornateness